Lantern — two-track executive resume template
A navy band carries a serif name over a gold title. Every section splits into a label column beside a wide content column, and lines close on a quotation-mark bullet rather than the usual dot or square.
Lantern is one of 22 free résumé templates in PaperKit, the no-login résumé builder from CodeSierra. It is free to use and free to download as a PDF — no account, no watermark and nothing to pay — and it prints to A4 or US Letter. Lantern is a showcase layout, so send it where a person reads your résumé first and keep an ATS-safe template for job portals. You fill it in as a form with the real PDF rendering beside you, and switching to any other template carries your content across untouched.
- Audience
- Senior management · Institutions
- Colour schemes
- Navy, Ink, Teal
- Photo slot
- Yes
- Paper
- A4 and US Letter
Pick Lantern if…
- Your section headings are doing as much work as your bullets and deserve their own column.
- You are applying to a bank, a hospital group or an institution where the paper is expected to look formal.
- You want a coloured header without the page becoming a two-column resume throughout.
- A named person opens your file before any software does.
What to know before you send it
- Coloured header band behind text
- Reversed contact details
- A two-column section layout can confuse column detection
- Applying through a job portal as well? Keep an ATS-first template for that copy — switching costs nothing.
Lantern works well for these roles
Each example comes with profession-specific bullets you can edit in place.
Questions about Lantern
- Is the Lantern resume template free?
- Yes. Lantern is free — no login, no watermark and nothing to pay at the download step. You can edit it in your browser and download the PDF straight away. Every PaperKit template is free the same way, in all four makers: there is no premium set and nothing to unlock.
- Is Lantern ATS-friendly?
- Lantern is a Showcase layout: it uses a full-bleed colour header band and a photo slot, which some applicant tracking systems parse poorly. Use it when a person will read your resume first, and switch to an ATS-first template for automated applications — your content carries over.
- Can I switch away from Lantern later?
- Yes. Templates are a design layer over your content, so you can change template at any point inside the editor without retyping or losing a single line.